The open research decision tree
Allow 15 minutes
Here’s another chance to explore the open research decision tree. Go into the decision tree (below) and click ‘Actions’. The ‘Actions’ pathway suggests concrete steps you can take at three different stages: the planning stage, when you are actively collecting data, and after you have finished your analysis. Explore each of these and try to decide which actions support the integrity of a piece of research, and why you think it does so.
Use the text box below to write your ideas about which actions in the decision tree relate to integrity:
When you are ready, press 'reveal' to see our comments.
Discussion
You might have chosen actions like preregistration, positionality statements, or robustness analysis as actions that are related to integrity. It is sometimes tricky to state that an action supports integrity alone, because transparency and integrity often relate to each other: without transparency, we cannot assess whether or not research has integrity.
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